Reid's First Trip to Walt Disney World!

Reid's first journey to the magical land of Mickey Mouse (or "Mickey Mou" as he refers to him) did not disappoint.  Andy and I were both able to take a Friday off work, the weather was beautiful, and Reid was in awe throughout our little family adventure. We took the ferry to the park and the monorail home at the end of the day, which were nice ways to begin and end our day. Also, for the first time, Reid didn't display utter fear of a costumed character, and he approached Winnie the Pooh with relative ease (after telling us multiple times that Winnie the Pooh left to get more honey after he disappeared for a few minutes - "Pooh Honey, Pooh Honey"). We all rode on It's a Small World, Winnie the Pooh ride, Little Mermaid ride, and the steam train around the outside of the park. Andy and Reid also road on the teacups and the Dumbo ride. In addition to the rides, we all enjoyed the singing bear show, Mickey's Philharmagic (although Reid did get slightly overwhelmed), and the singing dinosaur (?) at the diner in Tomorrowland. Reid also enjoyed seeing the cars zoom by when he briefly watched other, bigger kids race cars, and we all enjoyed the Fantasyland parade. Reid even waved at Mickey and Minnie with delight.  The highlight of the day for Reid, I think, was meeting Pooh (and Eeyore- he barely missed meeting Tigger, who was bouncing around much to Reid's delight).  The intermittent, infrequent fireworks terrified Reid, but other than those instances, he was not phased by the crowds and noise everywhere.  He was also very excited to receive a special stuffed Tigger as a souvenir, and he has barely let Tigger out of his sight since. In fact, you can often find him bouncing Tigger around the house or up and down as he sits in his carseat, without prompting and without the knowledge anybody is watching him. He can also be found singing the Winnie the Pooh song ("Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh") throughout the day, and his love for Moana continues to grow ("Mo-Ana").  I think we have a lifelong Disney fan on our hands (Disney knows what it is doing). All in all, I call our second Disney experience (we took him to Animal Kingdom last year) a great success!